Chapter 465: The Distressing Bride Price
After giving an impressive report to the officers and men at the base, the two veterans only stayed at the base for one night, took a cursory look at the base's facilities and some ordinary equipment, and then proposed to go back after feeling the changes in the army.
The two old men didn't want to cause trouble to the wrong, so much so that they didn't even notify their children, but just called the family to tell the family that the two of them would be over if they didn't go back tonight, without mentioning that Wang Yong had mentioned that the two of them would move to Banshan Village to live.
You must know that Banshan Village, for many people in the outside world, is mysterious, and it is a blessed land for the gods that everyone yearns for. If their children knew, they would definitely try their best to persuade the two old people to come to live in the village.
But these two veterans who have made great achievements in war have their own ideas, and they have not even received state subsidies for many years, and now their children have grown up, and they will not strive for any special treatment because of their past merits.
But the more this is the case, especially compared with some people in the current society, the status of the two of them in the minds of Wang Yong, Sun Hao and all the officers and soldiers who know about it will become even higher.
The next day, after a sumptuous lunch in the officers' cafeteria, the two old men said that they would go back. There was no way, Sun Hao personally sent a guard staff officer of the headquarters who had been with him for many years, Ma Jun, with a driver, and drove the troops and Wang Yong to send a bunch of things to send the two old men home.
After more than an hour, under the guidance of two old men, the car drove into front of a slightly dilapidated unit building in a residential area that was some years old.
"Two old men, is this it?"
Ma Jun looked back at the two admirable veterans and asked.
"It's here, it's home."
"Well, here it is, let's go and sit at home."
The two old men each pushed the car door and got out of the car, and Ma Jun and the driver Xiao Tian quickly followed and got out of the car and came to the rear of the car. Open the back door and start moving things down.
The two old men were leaving, and the army and Wang Yong took a lot of good things to express their respect for these two admirable veterans. The situation of the war that these two had personally experienced shocked all the officers and men of the base.
Not to mention anything else, even now, with countless kinds of high-tech and support equipment, I am afraid that there is no unit that can complete such a hidden war in such a high-risk situation in a formed manner.
However, under the difficult conditions at that time, the officers and men of the Seventh Company were stunned to successfully complete the task by virtue of their loyalty to the motherland, strong perseverance, and their own wisdom and talent. How is it possible not to be admired by the officers and soldiers of the base, who are also soldiers?
On behalf of the base, Sun Hao sent the two old men some models of weapons that are now equipped with the troops, such as wheeled infantry combat vehicles, new main battle tanks, new armed helicopters, and so on.
He also specially paid for the two old men who had been paying attention to the development of the army to set up military magazines such as "National Defense News", "World Military", and "Weapons" throughout the year.
As for Wang Yong, needless to say, what a super vegetable, golden eggs. Rice, it was all carried to the car in bags. He even gave two elderly people ten precious edible oilfruits that were not sold to the public.
However, they didn't know about this qiē before. When I arrived downstairs at home, I saw Ma Jun and the driver Xiao Tian carrying bags of things out one after another. I knew that Wang Yong, who was rumored to be a god by the outside world, and the head of the base actually gave himself so many things.
Especially when I saw those big coconuts (the two old men didn't know that they were avocados, they thought they were fresh coconuts from Hainan), and they didn't know what to do. One by one, let Ma Jun take them back.
"Hehe, two old comrades, you are welcome. These are all commanded by our political commissar Wang. You also know the identity of our Wang Political Commissar, these things may be extremely precious to others, but for him, they are no different from ordinary home-grown farm vegetables, you can accept them, otherwise we will not be able to deal with each other when we go back! ”
Hearing Ma Jun say this, he felt that it seemed to be the same thing. In the army, the tasks assigned by the superiors must be completed to the letter, and no matter what the task is, if it cannot be completed, it will definitely leave a bad impression in the eyes of the leaders, and this is very important.
Thinking that this matter was related to the future of the two children, they no longer refused, but called home and asked the family to come down and help with the things. After all, there were too many things, there were five or six bags, and a dozen or so large coconuts, and the four of them probably couldn't finish them at one time.
Soon, two young people came down the corridor, a man and a woman, the man was very ordinary, but the woman was good-looking. is one meter and more than six years tall, the figure should be straight, the place where it should be warped, plus the fair skin, the slightly delicate skin, but it makes people look very amazing.
Although he didn't know the relationship between the two and the two veterans, Ma Jun could see that the two young men seemed to have encountered something difficult and worried.
"Dad, Uncle Chen, where did you go yesterday? What's going on? ”
The girl who came over first came over and stood in front of He Lao and asked worriedly. Just listening to her voice, Ma Jun couldn't help but want to ask her what was embarrassing.
This girl's voice is very gentle, sweet, and pure, so that you feel like when you were a child, listening to your mother humming a hypnotic song quietly, and you can instantly feel a sense of tranquility, and all your troubles, fears, and miscellaneous thoughts are gone.
"Hehe, girl, let's meet your two brothers first, this is your brother Ma, and that is your brother Liu." He Lao did not answer his daughter's question, but first introduced Ma Jun and the two to his daughter.
"Brother Ma is good, Brother Liu is good, I am He Sinan, this is my younger brother Chen Siyu, my Uncle Chen's youngest son." He Sinan greeted Ma Jun and Xiao Liu very openly, with a curiosity and question in his eyes that he couldn't help it.
"Hello, curious, right? Yesterday, our political commissar invited two veterans, He Lao and Chen Lao, to our base to give a report meeting, and I wanted to keep them for a few more days, but they didn't agree to anything, so our commander's political commissar ordered me to send the two old men home safely. ”
Listening to Ma Jun's words, He Sinan and Chen Siyu were shocked in their hearts. Mid-levels base? That was specially set up by the state in order to protect the mid-mountain village and Wang Yong, the legendary god, and even heard that Wang Yong was still the political commissar of the base?
"I heard that Wang Yong from that mid-level village is the political commissar of the mid-mountain base?"
He Sinan is okay, after all, he is older and understands that there are some things that cannot be asked. Chen Siyu has just entered high school. It was the kid who knew nothing about anything and was curious about everything that couldn't help but ask directly.
"Yes, he is the number one of our base, the base commissar."
Originally, Old Man He was about to reprimand his son, can you ask about this nonsense? It's hard to hear that you're spying on military secrets, and in wartime, you can be arrested and interrogated on this basis.
What he didn't expect was that Staff Officer Ma actually said this without concealing it at all. Ignoring Old Man He's surprised gaze, Ma Jun continued:
"See, these things are all specialties of Banshan Village, and they were specially given to the two old gentlemen by Political Commissar Wang."
"Ahh It's all in the middle of the village? ”
"Super vegetable? Golden eggs? Superfruits? ”
"Both. There are also newly produced rice and edible oilfruits. ”
"Is there a sweet rod then? I heard that it is the stalk of the rice, right? ”
"Yes, look at the ones in the car."
Chen Siyu didn't care about anything else, and rushed over with a cheer, and the original sorrow on his face disappeared in an instant. He Sinan also had a smile on his face, smiling as he watched his younger brother excitedly pull out two sweet rods from the car.
"What are you doing? How old are you, and you're still so gluttonous. Hurry up, help your brother Ma carry all these home. ”
Hearing his father's words, He Sinan hurried over to pick up a bag full of vegetables on the ground. At the same time, he also reprimanded Chen Siyu and told him not to eat patronize, and to work first.
"Alright. You are a girl's family, you can send these plates of golden eggs to the house, and we will take the rest. After speaking, Ma Jun handed the five or six plates of golden eggs and pickled salted eggs in his hand to He Sinan.
A group of people moved together. Ma Jun and Xiao Tian each carried two bags of vegetables, Chen Siyu carried a bag of vegetables, and did not forget to hold his sweet rod in his hand, and the two old men each held a box containing their baby model.
Mr. He lives on the second floor. Soon a few people entered the house and put things at the door, Ma Jun and Xiao Tian. There was also He Sinan and Chen Siyu, who was worried about his sweet rod, went down again and brought up two bags of fish and meat.
Ma Jun entered He Lao's house under He Sinan's beckoning, and when he entered the living room, he found that there were two old women and a man in his twenties, who were sitting on the sofa with a sad face and didn't know what they were doing.
"Oops! Are you from the People's Armed Forces Department? It's not a New Year's holiday, how do you think of sending condolences to our two families? ”
Seeing Ma Jun and Xiao Tian in military uniforms coming in with their things, one of the older women stood up and greeted them.
"Aunt Liu, this is the horse staff officer of the Mid-Levels Base, these things were given to my father and uncle by Wang Yong from Mid-Levels Village, and they are all specialties of Mid-Levels Village!" Before others could speak, they were in a hurry, and Chen Siyu, who was so ostentatious, explained everything.
"Mid-levels Village? Wang Yong? Yes? Is it the mid-mountain village of Licheng? ”
"What else can there be?"
"Oops! Doesn't that mean these are the old expensive super vegetables? Oh, that's right, big sister, don't worry, let's find someone to sell these super vegetables, I heard that this thing is very expensive, it costs more than 100 yuan a catty. Look at it, look at it, these bags are worth tens of thousands, right? Maybe we'll make up the bride price! ”
Bride price? Ma Jun's heart moved, and he immediately understood why when he saw the He family and the Chen family before, they were all sad, it turned out that it was because of the bride price for marriage?
He followed Commander Sun when the base was being built in the middle of the mountain, and he heard about the wedding customs here in the port city because he had attended the weddings of several young people in the village and chatted with the people in the village.
Now it's better in the countryside here, and generally pay attention to what is one in a thousand (11,000 yuan), or 38,000, and the top of the sky is 48,000 bride price.
But in the city, the bride price money is a bit outrageous. The most common one has to be 68,000 or 100,000 (perfect), and the last two years have been even more outrageous, and the bride price is actually three catties and three taels, that is, the 100 yuan bill is weighed.
Three catties and three taels, then it will cost 130,000 or 40,000! What is even more unacceptable is that there is a saying that there are thousands of purples and greens. That's 10,000 purple five-dollar bills, 1,000 red hundred-dollar bills, and 600 50-dollar bills, for a total of 180,000.
This is not the end, in addition to the bride price, the man must be motionless, that is, a car of more than 100,000 yuan, and a three-bedroom building of more than 100 square meters.
When he heard these things at that time, Ma Jun thought that this was marriage? This is selling a daughter! And it's still a joke? Is there wood?
180,000 plus a car of more than 100,000 yuan, plus a three-bedroom apartment of more than 100 square meters, according to the current average housing price in Hong Kong cities, a three-bedroom apartment, even if it is 100 square meters, it will cost more than 600,000 yuan.
Coupled with the decoration of the house, the addition of furniture and electrical appliances, and the wedding banquet, it is estimated that if you want to get married in the city, you have to prepare one million.
But how many ordinary people can have a million savings? Even if you buy a house and pay a down payment directly, and let the two children pay back the rest by themselves, it will be hundreds of thousands, right?
Of course, ordinary people will not ask for this, after all, most of the woman's relatives are also very sensible, generally as long as the marriage is decided, both relatives have approved, and it will not make it difficult for the man to do, what is the meaning of the bride price.
However, in the rural areas, there is a posture of "catching up and surpassing learning", and it is even more good-looking.
Than the bride price! Than the wedding car fleet! than a wedding ceremony! Than a banquet! Anyway, it's more than anything, and it makes a lot of trouble for many people, and they really want to break their families in order to get married!
So as soon as he heard the old lady's words, there was no need to ask, Ma Jun immediately understood, it was estimated that the eldest son of the He family and the girl of the other family looked at each other, but the woman's mother's family had an opinion, so they took the bride price to embarrass the He family, so that they knew the difficulty and retreated. (To be continued......)
PS: Bow and thank qiansa for her three 288 starting coin rewards, it's amazing! Thank you also for the book friend Sky Wolf Howling Sky War, Riot Wednesday, and Li Xiaoyao 2013 monthly ticket reward, thank you for your support and love!